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Orisha Oko

The father and the orisha of the land is Orisha Oko. He is the orisha
that holds the secrets to farming and maintaining the harvest and crops
fertile and alive. It is him that maintains the stability of life
through his plantation of the fields. He tends to his crops on a daily
basis making sure that the harvest and the land is up to par. Ogun made a
contraption for him that he got the aide of 2 ox’s, that help him
distribute the seeds so the crops can grow.

Orisha Oko is also the judge of the orisha. He dislikes arguments and is
the first one to jump to any females defense when an argument is
present. As the orisha of the crops and fertility, he is also petitioned
when one is fertile and can not multiply. Whether it be a man or a
woman, he is said to assist in those matters. He is the great fertilizer
of the land. He lives in a terra cotta dish with the a man being pulled
by 2 oxes. He has a teja (usually the corner terra cotta tile of a
roof) that is painted in red and white with 2 coconuts. He also takes a
staff that measures from the knee down. The 2 coconuts represent the
scrotum of a male. It is said that Orisha Oko’s scrotum hanged down to
the floor The teja is used as the male shaft, in which when performing
his rituals, the animals ashe run down the teja fertilizing the earth.

Orisha Oko is also prayed to bring prosperity and good fortune and
health to the one that is making the offering. It is said that us who
takes from the earth, must give back to the earth. So offerings to the
earth is done on a regular basis.

The Pataki of Orisha Oko

Orisha Oko was a man that tended to his job with the up most respect. He
would work all day on his crops to make sure the crops are growing as
said. Once the sun would start to go down and the moon would rise, he
would go to bed and leave his brother Korinkoto to tend the crop fields
as tomorrow was another long day.
One morning Orisha Oko was walking near the seashore planting his crops
in a new town to help bring harvest for them. He noticed a beautiful
women in the waters and was struck by her. He put down his farming tools
and walked towards the sea and yelled out to her. She turned around and
stayed looking at him. In his eyes you can notice the look of a
similar puppy love he had for the women laying in the sea. The women
looked straight at him and told her that her name was Ibu Agana Eni and
she was not looking for any type of love affairs of puppy looks because
she had a defect that made it impossible not to leave the ocean.
Note* Different people say that the woman he saw in the ocean was Olokun
and that’s who spoke to him. Olokun to some including myself is derived
as a male orisha, father of the bottom of the ocean floor. It was an
aspect of Yemaya that spoke to Orisha Oko.
Orisha Oko looked at Agana and told her that he didn’t care of her
defected looks. He told her that he did not care of that. Agana told him
ok, and she then told him to make a pact with her. She told him, you
never discuss or make fun of my defect or we will separate and never
talk again. Orisha Oko who was yearning for love none the less a wife
agreed to the pact. Ibu Agana agreed and she started to come to the
waters edge. Now Agana had a beautiful face but her body was somewhat
deformed. She had one leg bigger than the other, multiple scars and
blisters near her womb area and she had one breast. Orisha Oko seeing
this paid no attention to it. Olofi seeing all of this from the heavens
came down and told Orisha Oko that he did not want any disrespect
towards Agana. He told Orisha Oko that he made a castle for Agana deep
in the ocean so she wouldn’t be ridiculed by anyone for her defects.
Orisha Oko gave Olofi his word that he will never disrespect Ibu Agana
and he will always cherish her. Olofi then told the both that they
needed to be married.

Years passed on and Orisha Oko and Ibu Agana lived happily together. Due
to the fact that Orisha Oko’s harvest were so abundant, he decided to
sell his crops. So Orisha Oko would go and collect the crops and the
fruits that he grew and took them to his wife where she would sell them
to the people. Everyday the towns people would come and purchase their
harvest from Agana at the seashore. She always was dressed to hide her
defects from the world so they would not make fun of her.

One day some townsmen came to the seashore to buy some fruits from
Agana. They stayed staring at the orisha and were whispering under their
breath to one another. Ibu Agana was feeling very reluctant and asked
them what where they discussing. They told her that they came because
there was a man who plowed the fields has said that there is a women by
the seashore who is totally deformed. Agana got such in a rage that she
turned into a ghostly figure. You could see the hurt and dismay of her
face. She left the sea and went to where Orisha Oko was at. When Orisha
Oko saw her approaching him, he was wondering why his wife was coming to
him at such a fast pace and in such a rage.

Agana told him of the hurt and the promise he broke to her and she
stated that as while the world is the world, I will always detest you
and we will live in separate places. And you will live far from me and
you and I will go upon your lands whenever I feel like it. I will never
talk to you and everyone must pay homage to me and with that I will save
my children who honor me. I will assign Elegua who is the guardian of
Olofi’s house, to receive the souls of the children of the earth as well
as yourself. I curse you that your own weapons will turn against you,
your animals will also turn against you. The lands that you fertilize
will become bad soil. Your children will no longer be your children, you
will never see the fruit of your harvest and man will always step on
your grounds. She then turned around and disappeared into the ocean.

Olofi who was very upset at Orisha Oko and he descended to where he was
at and told him with a strong voice that upon what Agana told him, his
harvest will always shrivel and die. The ox that he uses to help with
his harvest will die of thirst, and the land will become sour.

Orisha Oko upset and shamed didn’t know where to turn his head as he has
just be scolded by the great Olofi. He went and collected fruits, a pig
and harvest and made a haste to the seashore. He constructed a make
shift boat and sailed out into the sea. The oceans water became very
rocky as Agana was still in such a rage. There Orisha Oko made sacrifice
to Agana and told Elegua to take the sacrifice to her. He returned to
land and picked up all the scraps from the market place with 2 roosters
and made sacrifice to Elegua at the well. He left there and sacrificed
one of the ox’s to Olofi in forgiveness. By him doing these ebbos or
offerings, he was able to diminish the epidemic that was coming upon the
land from Agana. Olofi spoke to him from the heavens and told Orisha
Oko that he was pleased with the sacrifice and he saw his serenity of
what he did and from that day forth Orisha Oko will have his harvest and
be the orisha of ii and his lands will always live very far from the
ocean.
This is where love was born and then died.

Orisha Oko is friend to Chango in which the thunder god gave him as a
gift the color red and a thunderstone. Orisha Oko’s colors are pink and
sky blue. His feast day is either March 22 or May 15. He is known to be
similar as Saint Isidro. His number is 7 and due to the curse from Ibu
Agana, his children are initiated through Yemaya. In which we call
Yemaya oro Orisha Oko, His offerings are everything that come from the
grounds. All crops that come from the ground is given to him His
sacrifice is male goats, roosters and pigeons. He is strong and
affectionate father. His protects everyone who are hard workers and
especially harvest workers. Orisha Oko lives outside in the backyard of
the priests house. It is there where one would plant vegetables and
crops for him. With these same crops one can do ebbo and give back to
the earth. When Orisha Oko eats, a whole is dug in the earth and all of
the foods from the awan (ceremonial cleansing) is placed inside of the
hole.

Koricoto

Koricoto is Orisha Oko’s brother. He is the orisha that is said to look
after the crops when the sun is down. Due to the fact that the birds
always come to pick at the growing crops. Koricoto is represented as the
scarecrow that sits in the middle of the crops. He is also received and
eats with his brother Orisha Oko. His vessel lives alongside with his
brother that contains his mysteries. His colors are green and red.